About me

Hi! I’m a developer, public speaker, inclusivity advocate and community organiser. A lot of my work is focused on Python/Django, and that’s also my main development platform. I’m passionate about building inclusive communities, technology and conferences, where everyone can feel welcome, valued and at home. I’m also particularly interested in issues around well-being, ethics and empathy in tech.

I’m the co-founder of DashCare where we do high quality Python/Django development and consultancy. My past development projects include anything from network management, to financial monitoring of healthcare, to SaaS platforms.

I often speak at conferences, typically about well-being, ethics, empathy, inclusivity and similar themes. Typically, I speak at almost ten conferences each year and am always interested in new speaking opportunities. I also advise conferences from time to time about Code of Conduct and other inclusivity concerns.

The Less Obvious Conference Checklist is a checklist of less obvious things for event organisers. This list particularly contains many small improvements that are easily overlooked, but which can significantly improve the conference experience. Especially for marginalised groups.

Open-Source Happiness Packets is a platform to anonymously reach out to the people that you appreciate or to whom you are thankful in your open-source community. I built this with Mikey Ariel to promote kindness in the Django and other open-source communities.

django-restricted-sessions is a small Django middleware that can restrict Django sessions to an IP (range) and/or user agent. This can limit the impact when a session token is compromised.